Information terminal

ABSTRACT

An information terminal which allows an increase in a manufacturing cost to be suppressed is disclosed. A ticket printer is held above a paper sheet processing device. A guide by which a ticket or the like ejected from a ticket ejection slot of the ticket printer is guided and an insertion slot of a paper sheet processing device are held in a state in which the guide and the insertion slot have a predetermined angle. A ticket or the like which is printed by the ticket printer is supplied from the ticket ejection slot of the ticket printer via the guide to an opening part of a bezel. On the other hand, a paper sheet which is inserted into the paper sheet processing device is supplied from the opening part of the bezel to the insertion slot of the paper sheet processing device.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 15/551,450filed Aug. 16, 2017, the contents of which are incorporated byreference. That application was a national phase entry ofPCT/JP2016/053616 filed Feb. 8, 2016, the contents of which areincorporated by reference. That PCT application was based on and claimsthe priority benefit of Japanese application numbers 2015-029779 and2015-029780, both of which were filed on Feb. 18, 2015 and the contentsof both of which are incorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to an information terminal which isoperable to input and output a variety of pieces of information.

BACKGROUND ART

Conventionally, there has been known a gaming machine which includes aprinter (ticket printer) for printing a coupon ticket with a bar codehaving an economic value or the like; and a bill validator for readingbills or the like, determining authenticity thereof, and providing acredit corresponding an economic value thereof when the bills areauthentic. In the above-mentioned gaming machine, for example, theprinter is located above a game display screen and on a left sidethereof, and on the other hand, the bill validator is located on a rightside of an operation panel arranged below the game display screen (referto Patent Literature 1).

As described above, in general, an ejection slot for ejecting the couponor the like printed by the printer and an insertion slot for inputtingthe bills or the like to the bill validator are configured to beseparately formed bodies, respectively in positions which are largelyseparated from each other.

CITATION LIST Patent Literature

Patent Literature 1: U.S. Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.2011/0201409 Specification

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Technical Problem

However, in a case where in an information terminal for providingpredetermined information for a user, an ejection slot from which acoupon or the like printed by a printer is ejected and an insertion slotfor inputting bills or the like to a paper sheet processing device suchas a bill validator are separately configured, a manufacturing cost islikely to be increased.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide aninformation terminal which allows the increase in the manufacturing costto be suppressed.

Solution to Problem

The present invention provides an information terminal described below.

An information terminal according to a first aspect of the presentinvention has the below-described configuration.

The information terminal (for example, a kiosk terminal 200) includes:

a printer (for example, a ticket printer 238) for ejecting printedmatter from an ejection slot;

a paper sheet processing device (for example, a paper sheet processingdevice 240) into which a paper sheet is inserted from an insertion slot;and

an opening part (for example, an opening part 206 a of a bezel 206)being opened on a front face (for example, a front panel 214 a locatedon a front face of the kiosk terminal 200), and the printed matter isejected via the opening part, the printed matter having been guided fromthe ejection slot to the opening part, and the paper sheet is insertedvia the opening part being in common with the opening part to which theprinted matter is guided.

By employing the above-described configuration, the ejection slot of theprinter and the insertion slot of the paper sheet processing device areconfigured to be guided to the common opening part arranged on the frontface, whereby a front face portion of the information terminal is simplyconfigured and it is made possible to suppress an increase in amanufacturing cost.

In the first aspect, the information terminal according to a secondaspect of the present invention further has the below-describedconfiguration.

In the information terminal, an ejection path (for example, a pathindicated by a dotted line arrow B shown in FIG. 8 which passes a guide501 and a ticket ejection slot 301) through which the printed matter iscaused to pass from the ejection slot to the opening part and aninsertion path (for example, a path indicated by a dotted line arrow Cshown in FIG. 8 which passes an insertion slot 401) through which thepaper sheet is caused to pass from the opening part to the insertionslot are arranged to have a predetermined angle (for example, an angle Dshown in FIG. 8).

By employing the above-described configuration, since the ejection pathand the insertion path are arranged to have the predetermined angle, theinputted paper sheet or the like can be prevented from erroneously beingsupplied toward the ejection path of the printer, thereby avoiding apaper jam.

In the second aspect, the information terminal according to a thirdaspect of the present invention further has the below-describedconfiguration.

In the information terminal, the ejection path is located above theinsertion path and is arranged to be tilted toward the opening part.

By employing the above-described configuration, it is made possible toeffectively utilize an installation space in a game hall. In otherwords, it is often the case that a plurality of information terminalsare installed side by side, and if a conveyance path which includes theejection path and the insertion path is arranged in a lateral direction,the information terminal becomes large-sized in the lateral direction,thereby leading to an increase in the installation space. Therefore, theconveyance path is arranged in a longitudinal direction, thereby takingno wasteful installation space and enabling effective utilization of agame hall space.

In the first aspect, the information terminal according to a fourthaspect of the present invention further has the below-describedconfiguration.

The information terminal is configured to further include a singlenotification part (for example, a bezel LED 242) being controlled toperform notification related to processing of the printer and processingof the paper sheet processing device.

By employing the above-described configuration, the notification relatedto the processing of the printer and the processing related to the papersheet processing device is performed by the common notification part,thereby allowing a user to obtain the information pertinent to theprocessing of the printer and the processing of the paper sheetprocessing device.

Advantageous Effects of the Invention

By employing a configuration of an information terminal according to thepresent invention, while a printer and a paper sheet processing deviceare held as different individual devices, an ejection slot of theprinter and an insertion slot of the paper sheet processing device areconfigured to be connected to a common bezel provided on a front face,whereby a front face portion of an information terminal is simplyconfigured and it is made possible to suppress an increase in amanufacturing cost.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a view illustrating an overall structure of a kiosk terminalaccording to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a circuitry configuration of the kioskterminal according to the one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view illustrating positions of a ticket printer/a billvalidator of the kiosk terminal according to the one embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view illustrating of the positions of the ticketprinter/the bill validator of the kiosk terminal according to the oneembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view illustrating configurations of the ticketprinter/the bill validator of the kiosk terminal according to the oneembodiment of the present invention in detail.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a state in which apanel, a bezel, a guide, and the ticket printer/the bill validator ofthe kiosk terminal according to the one embodiment of the presentinvention are disassembled.

FIG. 7 is a side view illustrating the configurations of the ticketprinter/the bill validator of the kiosk terminal according to the oneembodiment of the present invention in more detail.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a positional relationshipof the panel, the bezel, the guide, and an insertion slot of the billvalidator in the kiosk terminal according to the one embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view for describing warpage of printedmatter ejected from the ticket printer in the kiosk terminal accordingto the one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a side view illustrating a state in which a middle front dooris pulled out in the kiosk terminal according to the one embodiment ofthe present invention.

FIG. 11 is a top view illustrating a state in which the middle frontdoor is pulled out in the kiosk terminal according to the one embodimentof the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view illustrating a card unit of the kioskterminal according to the one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a side view illustrating a state in which an upper front dooris opened in the kiosk terminal according to the one embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIGS. 14A to 14C are diagrams illustrating a configuration of a cableguide used in the kiosk terminal according to the one embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the middlefront door is detached in the kiosk terminal according to the oneembodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

An information terminal according to one embodiment of the presentinvention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.It is to be noted that in the present embodiment, a kiosk terminal whichis one of information terminals will be described as an example.

[Configuration of Kiosk Terminal]

In FIG. 1, a kiosk (KIOSK) terminal 200 according to the presentembodiment is shown. The kiosk terminal 200 is, for example, aninformation terminal which is installed in a variety of stores and isused, for example, to display information or the like useful forcustomers and can be connected to a computer or the like foradministering and managing a store via a network. It is to be noted thatin the present specification, an apparatus which provides some sort ofinformation for a user is defined as the information terminal, and asthis information terminal, the kiosk terminal 200 according to thepresent embodiment and a gaming machine including a pachinko machine, apachinko-slot machine, and the like are also included.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, on an upper portion of the kioskterminal 200, an LCD 250 and an LCD 251 are located. In this example,each of the LCD 250 and the LCD 251 has a touch panel function, isconnected to the kiosk terminal 200, and is controlled to display avariety of pieces of information as needed.

In addition, a configuration may also be arranged such that instead ofthe LCD 250 and the LCD 251, an advertisement display board which isformed of paper is located and non-electronic information which does notelectronically change is displayed thereon. The above-mentionedadvertisement display board can be easily replaced manually by a staffmember of a store or the like with other information board.

A housing of the kiosk terminal 200 includes: an upper front door 213having an LCD 201 on an upper portion of a front face thereof; a middlefront door 214 having a front panel 214 a and a control panel 214 b on amiddle portion of the front face thereof; and a lower front door 215 ona lower portion of the front face thereof.

It is to be noted that each of the “doors” in the present specificationis not limited to a door which rotates rightward and leftward around arotation axis in a vertical direction, which is formed by hinges or thelike, and includes doors in a variety of forms such as a door which isflapped up (or down) around a rotation axis in a horizontal direction,which is formed by hinges; a door which is pulled out in a horizontaldirection along rail guides; and a door which is simply detached from amain body.

The LCD 201 is a liquid crystal display device having a touch panelfunction, and on this LCD, for example, information or the likepertinent to a store is displayed. It is to be noted that although inthis example, the LCD 201 is configured to have the touch panelfunction, instructions may be inputted by other input devices such asthe later-described keyboard 209 and numeric keypad 210.

Further, the kiosk terminal 200 includes motion sensors 202 and 203above and below the LCD 201, respectively. The motion sensors 202 and203 are, for example, cameras, and images shot by the motion sensors 202and 203 are used to analyze behavior of a user of the kiosk terminal 200and customers passing along passages.

On the front panel 214 a of the middle front door 214, a touch unit 204is located. The touch unit 204 includes an RFID module which is operableto perform data communication with a non-contact IC card, and a mobilephone and a smartphone, each of which has a communication function byNFC. A member in a store holds a membership card (IC card) associatedwith the member over this touch unit 204, thereby allowing the member tolog in and a member menu screen and information pertinent to the memberto be displayed on the LCD 201.

In addition to the touch unit 204 or instead of the touch unit 204, thekiosk terminal 200 may include an information recording medium readingdevice for reading information stored in an information recording mediumsuch as a magnetic card. In this case, instead of the IC card, themagnetic card can be used as a membership card.

In addition, a staff member of a store holds an IC card of the staffmember thereover, can thereby log therein, and can display a menu screenfor staff or the like on the LCD 201.

On the front panel 214 a of the middle front door 214, further, a cardinsertion slot 205 of a card unit 230 is located, and insertion andtaking-out of an IC card as well as ejection of a newly issued IC cardcan be conducted. In addition, the card insertion slot 205 is providedwith an eject button 230 c. Here, the card insertion slot 205 isconfigured as a part of the card unit 230.

When a membership card is inserted from the card insertion slot 205, amember menu screen and information pertinent to that member can bedisplayed on the LCD 201. In addition, the card unit 230 can issue aspecial card (for example, an IC card for which some added value isprovided on a predetermined condition) or the like and can collect an ICcard.

In addition, on the front panel 214 a of the middle front door 214, acommon bezel 206 which is connected to an ejection slot of printedmatter ejected from a ticket printer 238 and an insertion slot forinserting a paper sheet into a paper sheet processing device 240 islocated. For example, a ticket or a coupon is printed (issued) by theticket printer 238 and is ejected from the bezel 206 connected to theejection slot. In addition, for example, when a ticket or a coupon isinserted from the bezel 206 connected to the insertion slot, the ticketor the like is collected by the paper sheet processing device 240, andafter information of the ticket has been read, processing in accordancewith said read information is conducted.

In addition, the bezel 206 is provided with a bezel LED 242 which lightsup in conjunction with processing of the ticket printer 238 andprocessing of the paper sheet processing device 240. It is to be notedthat the paper sheet processing device 240 may be a bill validatorhaving a bill identification function.

In addition, on an upper face of the control panel 214 b which is formedas a bulging part bulging (protruding) from the middle front door 214, aphone receiver 207 used in a phone call by VoIP is located. A user ofthe kiosk terminal 200 can have conversation with a user of other kioskterminal 200 or a staff member in a game facility via the phone receiver207. In addition, an incoming LED 208 located on a mounting part onwhich the phone receiver 207 is mounted is controlled to emit light uponincoming of a phone call by the VoIP.

Further, on the upper face of the control panel 214 b, a keyboard 209and a numeric keypad 210 which a user uses to input data are located.Further, on both sides and an upper side of the numeric keypad 210, akeypad guard 211 for peep prevention is provided.

Behind the lower front door 215 of the kiosk terminal 200 (inside of thehousing of the kiosk terminal 200), the later-described controller 220and a control part for controlling LCDs, LEDs, and the like are housed.

[Configuration of Circuitry of Kiosk Terminal]

Next, with reference to FIG. 2, a configuration of circuitry which akiosk terminal 200 includes will be described.

A controller 220 for controlling the kiosk terminal 200 has a CPU 221, aROM 222, and a RAM 223.

The CPU 221 performs execution control of respective components of thekiosk terminal 200, executes various kinds of programs stored in the ROM222, and performs computation therefor.

The ROM 222 is constituted of a memory device such as a flash memory,and permanent data used for the execution by the CPU 221 is storedtherein. For example, a communication control program by VoIP and thelike can be stored therein.

The RAM 223 temporarily stores data required upon executing the variouskinds of programs stored in the ROM 222.

An external storage device 224 is, for example, a storage device such asa hard disk device and stores programs executed in the CPU 221 and datawhich the programs executed in the CPU 221 use.

A network I/F (interface) 225 realizes data communication with acomputer in a store, a server on the Internet, and the like.

An LCD control part 226 controls the LCD 201, the LCD 250, and the LCD251 to display a variety of pieces of information thereon. In addition,each of the LCD 201, the LCD 250, and the LCD 251 has a touch panelfunction, and an operation on each touch panel by a user is transmittedto the CPU 221.

A motion sensor control part 227 obtains images of a user and the likereceived from motion sensors (for example, cameras) 202 and 203,subjects the images to predetermined image processing as needed, andtransmits the processed data to the CPU 221.

A touch unit control part 228 controls data transmission and receptionin association with a touch operation of an IC card or a mobile phone ona touch unit 204. The touch unit control part 228 includes a non-contactR/W (reader/writer) control part 228 a.

The non-contact R/W control part 228 a determines whether or not therehas been the touch operation of an IC card or a mobile phone on thetouch unit 204 and when there has been the touch operation, obtains aread result or the like from the touch unit 204. The touch unit 204 hasan antenna part for performing data transmission and reception with anIC card or a mobile phone through NFC or the like.

An IC card control part 229 controls insertion and ejection of an ICcard, reading of data, and the like. The IC card control part 229includes an IC card R/W (reader/writer) control part 229 a and an ICcard suction ejection control part 229 b.

The IC card R/W control part 229 a controls a card unit 230 to read anidentification code or the like stored on an IC card. The card unit 230has an antenna part for writing data through NFC or the like into an ICcard.

The IC card suction ejection control part 229 b controls suction andejection of an IC card. When an IC card is inserted into a cardinsertion slot 205 by a user, the IC card suction ejection control part229 b controls the IC card to be held in the card unit 230 until theuser logs off. In addition, when an eject button is pressed, the IC cardsuction ejection control part 229 b ejects the IC card.

In addition, the card unit 230 includes a stacker which is capable ofholding a plurality of IC cards so as to allow an IC card to be newlyissued on a predetermined condition. It is to be noted that although inthe present embodiment, the card unit 230 conducts the suction, theejection, the issuance, and the like of an IC card, the card unit 230can also be configured to handle other media (for example, a magneticcard, and the like).

A ticket printer control part 237 controls a ticket printer 238, forexample, to print (issue) a ticket and a coupon.

A paper sheet processing control part 239 controls a paper sheetprocessing device 240, for example, to collect a ticket and a coupon andto conduct processing in accordance with information read from theticket and the like. As described above, the paper sheet processingcontrol part 239 and the paper sheet processing device 240 may beconfigured as a bill validator for handling bills.

A bezel LED control part 241 is connected to the ticket printer 238 andthe paper sheet processing device 240 and controls a bezel LED 242 tolight up in conjunction with processing of the ticket printer 238 andthe paper sheet processing device 240. For example, when a user isoperating the kiosk terminal 200, at timing when a ticket is printed andejected, the bezel LED 242 is controlled to light up, and when a user isprompted to insert a coupon, the bezel LED 242 is controlled to lightup. In addition, the bezel LED 242 may light up in any mode.

Here, the lighting-up mode of the bezel LED 242 can also be set suchthat a lighting-up mode related to the processing of the ticket printer238 is different from a lighting-up mode related to the processing ofthe paper sheet processing device 240.

It is to be noted that although in this example, the bezel LED 242 isconfigured to light up in conjunction with the processing of the ticketprinter 238 and the processing of the paper sheet processing device 240,in order to conduct notification to a user, another notification devicewhich is different from the bezel LED 242 may be used.

A sound control part 233 inputs and outputs sounds by using a microphone234 and a speaker 235 which are included in a phone receiver 207. Thesound control part 233 includes a DSP 233 a and an LED control part 233b. The DSP 233 a performs control through predetermined sound signalprocessing related to sound inputting from the microphone 234 and soundoutputting from the speaker 235. The LED control part 233 b controls anincoming LED 208 to emit light based on an incoming signal by a VoIPphone call or the like.

An input control part 236 converts input on a keyboard 209 and input ona numeric keypad 210 from a user to signals and transmits the signals tothe CPU 221.

[Configurations of Ticket Printer and Paper Sheet Processing Device]

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a right side face of a kiosk terminal 200.FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating positions where a ticket printer 238and a paper sheet processing device 240 are located inside of a housingof the kiosk terminal 200. A hatched area 241 a in FIG. 3 shows asilhouette of an apparatus which includes the ticket printer 238 and thepaper sheet processing device 240. It is to be noted that in the hatchedarea 241 a, a bezel 206 which is viewable from an outside of the kioskterminal 200 is also included.

The kiosk terminal 200 is the same as that shown in FIG. 1, and on anupper side of the kiosk terminal 200, an LCD 250 and an LCD 251 arelocated. In addition, on an upper portion of a front face of the kioskterminal 200, an upper front door 213 is located; on a middle portion ofthe front face, a middle front door 214 is located; and on a lowerportion of the front face, a lower front door 215 is located.

In FIG. 3, further, a control panel 214 b protruding from the middlefront door 214 is shown, and on end portions of this control panel 214b, side cushions 214 c are provided.

In addition, in FIG. 3, a phone receiver 207 and a keypad guard 211located on an upper face of the control panel 214 b are shown.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a front face of the kiosk terminal 200.FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating positions where the ticket printer 238and the paper sheet processing device 240 are located inside of thehousing of the kiosk terminal 200. A hatched area 241 b in FIG. 4 showsa silhouette of the apparatus which includes the ticket printer 238 andthe paper sheet processing device 240.

It is to be noted that the kiosk terminal 200 shown in FIG. 4 is thesame as the kiosk terminal 200 shown in FIG. 3, and on the upper side ofthe kiosk terminal 200, the LCD 250 and the LCD 251 are located. Inaddition, on the upper portion of the front face of the kiosk terminal200, the upper front door 213 is located; on the middle portion of thefront face, the middle front door 214 is located; and on the lowerportion of the front face, the lower front door 215 is located.

In a lower portion of the middle front door 214, a key hole 214 f islocated. By inserting a key into the key hole 214 f and unlocking themiddle front door 214, this middle front door 214 can be pulled out tothe front side of the kiosk terminal 200 (in a direction indicated by anarrow R1 in FIG. 3).

It is to be noted that by pulling out the middle front door 214, anupper face of the lower front door 215 is exposed, and on said upperface, located is a key hole 215 a (refer to FIG. 10, FIG. 11, and FIG.15) into which a key (for example, a key which is different from theabove-mentioned key of the middle front door 214) for detaching thelower front door 215 from the housing of the kiosk terminal 200 isinserted. In other words, the configuration is arranged such that untilafter the middle front door 214 has been pulled out, the lower frontdoor 215 cannot be detached.

As described later, an upper end portion of the upper front door 213 andan upper end portion of the kiosk terminal 200 are connected by hinges,and with said connection part being a rotation axis, a lower end portionof the upper front door 213 is opened so as to flap up in an upwarddirection (a direction indicated by an arrow R2 in FIG. 3). However, inthe present embodiment, the configuration is arranged such that one partof the lower end portion of the upper front door 213 is locked to themiddle front door 214, and only when the middle front door 214 has beenpulled out, the upper front door 213 is opened.

In addition, on the middle front door 214, the control panel 214 b(refer to FIG. 3) is located, and on end portions of both sides of thecontrol panel 214 b, the side cushions 214 c are provided. On the upperface of the control panel 214 b, the phone receiver 207 and the keypadguard 211 are located.

Next, with reference to FIG. 5, configurations of the ticket printer 238and the paper sheet processing device 240 will be described in detail.The bezel 206, a guide 501, the ticket printer 238, and the paper sheetprocessing device 240 shown in FIG. 5 correspond to the hatched area 241a show in FIG. 3 and the hatched area 241 b shown in FIG. 4. Inaddition, in FIG. 5, a front panel 214 a which includes a bezel openingpart for causing one part of the bezel 206 to protrude to the front faceof the kiosk terminal 200 is shown.

As shown in FIG. 5, the paper sheet processing device 240 is providedwith an insertion slot 401. The ticket printer 238 is supported abovethe paper sheet processing device 240 by printer supporting bodies 402provided on right and left sides at a predetermined angle. The insertionslot 401 is coupled to an opening part of the bezel 206 (or is locatedin proximity thereto). When a paper sheet is inserted via the openingpart of the bezel 206 from an outside of the kiosk terminal 200 (frontface direction), the insertion slot 401 accepts this paper sheet andsends the paper sheet to an inside of the paper sheet processing device240.

The ticket printer 238 is provided with a ticket ejection slot 301 andis supported by the printer supporting bodies 402 so as to allow thisticket ejection slot 301 to be located in an obliquely downwarddirection toward the opening part of the bezel 206.

The ticket ejection slot 301 is coupled to an upper side opening part ofthe guide 501 which is supported in the obliquely downward directiontoward the opening part of the bezel 206 (or is located in proximitythereto). A lower side opening part of the guide 501 is coupled to theopening part of the bezel 206 (or is located in proximity thereto), anda ticket or the like, which is printed by the ticket printer 238 anddelivered, is ejected from the opening part of the bezel 206 to anoutside of the paper sheet processing device 240 (front face direction).

In this case, the ticket ejection slot 301 and the guide 501 constitutesan ejection part for ejecting the printed ticket or the like toward theopening part of the bezel 206. In addition, the ticket ejection slot 301can also be coupled to the opening part of the bezel 206 (or is locatedin proximity thereto) without having the guide 501. In such a case, theticket ejection slot 301 constitutes the ejection part.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the front panel 214a, the bezel 206, the guide 501, the ticket printer 238, and the papersheet processing device 240, which are shown in FIG. 5, in adisassembled form.

The ticket printer 238 includes the above-mentioned ticket ejection slot301, a printing paper tray 302 for housing printing paper (for example,folding paper for ticket printing), and a thermal head 303 for printingloaded printing paper by a thermal transfer method or the like.

An opening part 501 a of the guide 501 is coupled to the ticket ejectionslot 301 of the ticket printer 238 or is located in proximity thereto,and an opening part 501 b thereof is coupled to an opening part 206 a ofthe bezel 206 or is located in proximity thereto. A ticket or the likewhich is printed by the ticket printer 238 and is ejected from theticket ejection slot 301 is supplied to the opening part 501 a andthereafter, is ejected via the opening part 501 b from the opening part206 a of the bezel 206 to an outside of the kiosk terminal 200. On anupper side of the opening part 206 a of the bezel 206, a wall part 206 bis provided.

The guide 501 is provided with an LED tape light 501 c which correspondsto the above-described bezel LED 242 and is controlled to emit light inconjunction with processing contents of the ticket printer 238 and thepaper sheet processing device 240. The light of the LED tape light 501 cis projected to a projection part 501 d, whereby the projection part 501d emits light. Since the projection part 501 d is visible at the bezel206, a user sees a light emission color or a light emission pattern ofthe projection part 501 d and can thereby obtain some informationrelated to printing of a ticket or the like and inserting of a papersheet.

The front panel 214 a is provided with an opening part 214 d, and thebezel 206 protrudes from this opening part 214 d, whereby these partsare made viewable by a user. In addition, the front panel 214 a isprovided with an opening part 214 g, and this opening part 214 g islocated such that the card insertion slot 205 of the card unit 230protrudes from the opening part 214 g.

As described above, the paper sheet processing device 240 is providedwith the printer supporting bodies 402 and supports the ticket printer238. In addition, the paper sheet processing device 240 is provided witha door 423 having a key hole 424 on a front face side of the kioskterminal 200. A key is inserted into the key hole 424, and the door 423is unlocked and opened, thereby allowing a ticket or the like collectedby the paper sheet processing device 240 to be taken out.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7, an outline of an internal structure ofthe paper sheet processing device 240 will be described. In FIG. 7, theticket printer 238, the guide 501, and the paper sheet processing device240 are shown. Here, FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view illustrating across section of the paper sheet processing device 240, taken from adotted line H shown in FIG. 4, in order to allow the internal structurethereof to be checked.

In the paper sheet processing device 240, upon the supplying of a papersheet from the insertion slot 401, the paper sheet is supplied to aconveyance path 403. Conveyance rollers 402 a and 402 b which arelocated in the vicinity of the insertion slot 401 are normally in astate in which the conveyance roller 402 a on an upper side is arrangedapart from the conveyance roller 402 b on a lower side. When theinsertion of a paper sheet has been detected by an insertion detectionsensor 405 or the like, the conveyance roller 402 a on the upper side isdriven to move toward the conveyance roller 402 b on the lower side tosandwich the paper sheet.

For the paper sheet conveyed along the conveyance path 403, informationor the like printed on a surface of the paper sheet is read by a lightemitting unit 407 having a light emitting part and a light receiving andemitting unit 408 having a light receiving and emitting part, which islocated in a position facing the light emitting unit 407, with theconveyance path being sandwiched therebetween.

The light emitting part functions as a light source for transmission andis constituted of, for example, an LED element. The light receiving andemitting part is constituted of, for example, a CCD, receivestransmitted light emitted from the light emitting part of the lightemitting unit 407 and reflected light or the like emitted from the lightreceiving and emitting part, and generates, as light receiving data,contrasting density data in accordance with a luminance of each thereofand a two-dimensional image based on the contrasting density data.

By using the two-dimensional image generated as described above,contents printed on the paper sheet are analyzed and processing inaccordance with said printed contents is conducted. In a case where thepaper sheet processing device 240 handles bills as a bill validator,authenticity determination or the like of the bills is conducted basedon the above-mentioned two-dimensional image.

Thereafter, the paper sheet is conveyed by the plurality of conveyancerollers provided along the conveyance path 403 to a lower portion of thepaper sheet processing device 240 to be collected. In the lower portionof the paper sheet processing device 240, paper sheets conveyed by astack mechanism 409 are sequentially stacked on a placement plate 412.Here, the placement plate 412 is in a state in which the placement plate412 is biased via a biasing device 411 from the front face of the kioskterminal 200 toward a rear face thereof. The collected tickets or thelike can be taken out by opening the door 423.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a region A in the vicinity of the bezel206 shown in FIG. 5 in an enlarged manner and is a cross-sectional viewillustrating a cross section, taken from the dotted line H shown in FIG.4. A dotted line arrow B shows a route (ejection path) along which aticket or the like printed by the ticket printer 238 is ejected. Theprinted ticket or the like is ejected from the ticket ejection slot 301of the ticket printer 238 toward the opening part 501 a of the guide 501and next, is guided to the opening part 501 b of the guide 501.

A configuration of the guide 501 is arranged to be inswept (in otherwords, to be in a tapered state) from the opening part 501 a toward theopening part 501 b (in other words, the configuration is arranged to bein a tapered state from the ticket printer 238 toward the opening part206 a of the bezel 206), and the ticket or the like is guided to alimited position of the guide 501 to be ejected. The guide 501 isarranged in a state in which the guide 501 is tilted obliquely upward onthe right side behind (depth side) of the bezel 206. Through theabove-described configuration, the ticket or the like ejected from theopening part 501 b of the guide 501 is ejected from the opening part 206a of the bezel 206 to the outside. In addition, at this time, there isalso a case where after once contacting a lower part bottom face 206 cof the bezel, the ejected ticket or the like is ejected.

A dotted line arrow C shows a route (insertion path) along which a papersheet is inserted into the paper sheet processing device 240 and takenin. In a normal form of the insertion made by a user, the paper sheet isguided from the opening part 206 a of the bezel 206 at an angle which issubstantially horizontal with respect to a bottom face of the openingpart 206 a of the bezel 206 to be inserted. The opening part 206 a ofthe bezel 206 is coupled to an opening part 401 a of the insertion slot401 of the paper sheet processing device 240 (or is located in proximitythereto), and the lower part bottom face 206 c of the opening part 206 aof the bezel 206 is located so as to be substantially horizontal withrespect to the lower part bottom face 401 b of the opening part 401 a ofthe insertion slot 401 without a difference in level. Therefore, theinserted paper sheet is directly supplied via the insertion slot 401 ofthe paper sheet processing device 240 to an inside of the paper sheetprocessing device 240.

The insertion slot 401 of the paper sheet processing device 240 isconfigured to be inswept (in other words, to be in a tapered state) fromthe opening part 401 a toward the paper sheet processing device 240 (inother words, to be in a reversely tapered state from the paper sheetprocessing device 240 toward the opening part 206 a of the bezel 206).

The guide 501 is arranged in the state in which the guide 501 is tiltedobliquely upward on the right side behind (depth side) of the bezel 206and is located at the predetermined angle with respect to the insertionslot 401 of the paper sheet processing device 240, and the upper part ofthe opening part 206 a of the bezel 206 is limited by the wall part 206b. As described above, the ejection path and the insertion path arearranged so as to have a predetermined angle. Therefore, the likelihoodwith which the inserted ticket or the like is erroneously supplied tothe ejection path (for example, is erroneously inserted into the openingpart 501 b of the guide 501) is reduced, thereby allowing the situation,in which trouble such as a paper jam arises, to be effectivelysuppressed. In addition, the insertion path is arranged in thehorizontal direction (including a substantially horizontal direction)and the ejection path is arranged above the insertion path so as to betilted from an obliquely upper portion toward the opening part.Therefore, the likelihood with which the inserted ticket or the like iserroneously supplied to the ejection path (for example, is erroneouslyinserted into the opening part 501 b of the guide 501) is furtherreduced, thereby allowing the situation, in which trouble such as apaper jam arises, to be effectively suppressed.

As shown in FIG. 8, the dotted line arrow B and the dotted line arrow Cintersect with each other at a predetermined angle. In other words, theejection path and the insertion path are configured to have apredetermined angle. In the example shown in FIG. 8, an angle formedbetween the dotted line arrow B indicating the ejection direction of theejection path and the dotted line arrow C indicating the insertiondirection of the insertion path is shown as an angle D. At this time,the insertion path is configured to be in a horizontal direction(including a configuration in which the insertion path is configured ina substantially horizontal direction). In addition, at this time, it ispreferable that the opening part 501 b of the guide 501 is located abovethe opening part 206 a of the bezel 206 or is located above an upperedge of the opening part 206 a of the bezel 206. Through theabove-described configuration, the likelihood with which the insertedticket or the like is erroneously supplied to the opening part 501 b ofthe ticket is further reduced.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a cross section of theguide 501, the ticket ejection slot 301 of the ticket printer 238, andthe insertion slot 401 of the paper sheet processing device 240, takenfrom the dotted line H shown in FIG. 4. In addition, a dotted line Gshows a ticket printed by the ticket printer 238 and ejected. When heathas been applied to an upper side of the ticket by the thermal head 303of the ticket printer 238 and the printing has been thereby conducted,as shown in FIG. 9, an upper face side of this ticket warps so as to beconvex, and after an edge of the ticket has contacted a lower partbottom face 501 e of the guide 501, the ticket is guided to the openingpart 206 a of the bezel 206.

In this example, a case where as shown in FIG. 9, the upper face side ofthe ticket warps so as to be convex is described. However, even when aticket is deformed in any manner in the processes of the printing,ejection, and the like, said ticket is suitably guided by the guide 501which is configured to be in the tapered state toward the bezel 206.

[Drawer Mechanism of Middle Front Door]

FIG. 10 is a side view illustrating a state in which a middle front door214 is pulled out in a front direction of a kiosk terminal 200 (in adirection indicated by an arrow R1 shown in FIG. 3). It is to be notedthat in FIG. 10, in order to facilitate the description, the kioskterminal 200 in a state in which a side panel is detached is shown.

The middle front door 214 includes a control panel 214 b which is aprotruding part protruding therefrom and further has slide rails 214 eextending toward a rear face side of the kiosk terminal 200 (the sliderails 214 e are arranged on a left side and a right side, respectivelyone by one).

Each of the slide rails 214 e is fitted into a corresponding rail guide216 which is held in a housing of the kiosk terminal 200. When themiddle front door 214 is pulled out as shown in FIG. 10, each of theslide rails 214 e moves along the corresponding rail guide 216, and witha posture of the middle front door 214 being maintained in a state inwhich the middle front door 214 is housed in a housing of the kioskterminal 200, the middle front door 214 is pulled out on the front sideof the kiosk terminal 200.

As described above, the middle front door 214 is pulled out, therebyallowing facilitation of work such as maintenance for a variety of kindsof devices located on a rear face of the middle front door 214 anddevices and the like located on a rear side of the middle front door 214and inside of the housing of the kiosk terminal 200. The above-describedopening mechanism of the middle front door 214 is advantageous inparticular in a case where there are no spaces on right and left sidesof the kiosk terminal 200 (for example, a case where another kioskterminal 200 and other apparatus are located in proximity on the rightand the left sides thereof, a case where a wall and other structure arepresent and there is no spatial room, etc.).

For example, if hinges are provided on either of the right or left sidesof the middle front door 214 and an opening mechanism is therebyconfigured such that the middle front door 214 is laterally opened, inthe case where there is no spatial room as described above, the middlefront door 214 cannot be opened. In addition, if hinges are provided atan upper end portion or a lower end portion of the middle front door 214and an opening mechanism is thereby configured such that the middlefront door 214 is opened in either of an upward or downward direction,due to the control panel 214 b which is the protruding part and avariety of kinds of devices located on the front face of the controlpanel 214 b, a sufficient opening angle cannot be ensured, therebymaking the work such as the maintenance difficult.

FIG. 11 is a top view in which the kiosk terminal 200 shown in FIG. 10is viewed from an upper direction. It is seen that as described above,the slide rails 214 e are fitted into the corresponding rail guides 216,and along these rail guides 216, the middle front door 214 is pulledout.

In addition, beside the slide rail 214 e on the right side, along theslide rail 214 e, a plurality of cables 218 for connecting devices suchas a keyboard 209 and a numeric keypad 210 provided on the middle frontdoor 214 and a kiosk terminal controller 220 and the like of the kioskterminal 200 are arranged. The kiosk terminal controller 220 and thelike are housed inside of a control part main body 261 shown in FIG. 10,and the cables 218 are arranged in a space from this control part mainbody 261 to the middle front door 214.

These cables 218 are housed all together in the cable guide 219 shown inFIG. 11. As described above, the plurality of cables 218 are housed alltogether in the cable guide 219, whereby the multitude of cables 218 canbe efficiently managed, and at the same time, upon pulling out themiddle front door 214 and returning the middle front door 214 to theoriginal position, the cables 218 can be prevented from being caughtbetween each of the slide rails 214 e and each of the rail guides 216(refer to FIG. 10) and between the middle front door 214 and any of theother devices.

Further, since the cable guide 219 has a configuration which isdeformable, even in a case where the middle front door 214 is pulled outand a distance between the respective devices provided in the middlefront door 214 and the kiosk terminal controller 220 or the like of thekiosk terminal 200 is changed, the cable guide 219 can be deformed,following the movement thereof without exerting a burden on the cables218 and breaking the cables 218. The above-mentioned configuration ofthe cable guide 219 will be described later.

In addition, in FIG. 11, an upper face of the lower front door 215 isshown. The upper face of the lower front door 215 is not exposed in anormal state, that is, a state in which the middle front door 214 is notopened and is a part which is not externally viewable.

Further, in FIG. 10, FIG. 11, and the later-described FIG. 15, the keyhole 215 a is shown. A key hole 215 a is located in an upper face of alower front door 215, and a key for detaching the lower front door 215is inserted thereto. The key hole 215 a is, as described above,configured to be exposed to the upper face of the lower front door 215only when the middle front door 214 has been pulled out.

[Configuration of Card Unit]

Next, with reference to FIG. 12, a configuration of a card unit 230 willbe described. The card unit 230 includes: a card insertion slot 205 intowhich an IC card or the like is inserted and from which a new IC card orthe like is ejected; and an eject button 230 c for instructing ejectionof the inserted IC card. The card insertion slot 205 and the ejectbutton 230 c protrude from an opening part of a front panel 214 a in afront direction of a kiosk terminal 200 and are located in positionswhich are viewable and operable by a user.

On a reverse side of the front panel 214 a, a main body in which an ICcard control part 229 is housed is located and held by a mount base 230b onto the front panel 214 a or a middle front door 214. As describedabove, the IC card control part 229 includes an IC card R/W control part229 a and an IC card suction ejection control part 229 b.

The card unit 230 further includes a card stacker 230 a for storing aplurality of unissued cards, each of which is used when an IC card orthe like is newly issued. Upon replenishing the unissued cards in thecard stacker 230 a, a staff member of a store manually performreplenishing work from an upper portion direction (arrow E) of the cardstacker 230 a, from a back direction of the card stacker 230 a (arrowF), or the like. For example, the staff member of the store detaches acover provided on an upper portion of the card stacker 230 a and canthereby replenish IC cards. In addition, the staff member of the storedetaches a cover provided on a back portion of the card stacker 230 a orpulls out a card storing case from the back portion of the card stacker230 a and can thereby replenish the IC cards.

Accordingly, the replenishing work as described above is required to beperformed in the state in which the middle front door 214 has beenpulled out from the kiosk terminal 200 in the front direction as shownin FIG. 10. It is to be noted that at this time, it is preferable thatin order to facilitate the work of replenishing the cards into the cardstacker 230 a, a distance at which the middle front door 214 is pulledout is longer than a depth length (a distance in a longitudinaldirection) of the card unit 230.

[Opening Mechanism of Upper Front Door]

FIG. 13 is a side view illustrating a state in which an upper front door213 is flapped up in an upward direction of a kiosk terminal 200. It isto be noted that in FIG. 13, as in FIG. 10, in order to facilitate thedescription, the kiosk terminal 200 in a state in which a side panel isdetached. It is to be noted that although as described with reference toFIG. 3, in the present embodiment, the upper front door 213 has amechanism in which the upper front door 213 cannot be opened unless themiddle front door 214 is pulled out, here, for the sake of convenience,the upper front door 213 is opened in a state in which the middle frontdoor 214 is not pulled out.

The upper front door 213 is connected by dampers 217 with correspondingright and left side portions of a housing of the kiosk terminal 200 atthe right and left side portions on an upper side of the upper frontdoor 213, respectively. In addition, the upper front door 213 ispivotally held by hinges 213 a with an upper end portion of the housingof the kiosk terminal 200 at the upper end portion of the upper frontdoor 213.

Through the above-described configuration, when a lower end portion ofthe upper front door 213 is moved upward (an arrow R2 in FIG. 3), thelower end portion of the upper front door 213 rotates in an upwarddirection, with the center being a rotation axis which are formed by thehinges 213 a, and further, the lower end portion of the upper front door213 is lifted through biasing by the dampers 217 to a predeterminedposition and held at that position (the so-called hatchback type openingmechanism).

As described above, the lower end portion of the upper front door 213 isflapped up, thereby allowing facilitation of work such as maintenancefor an LCD 201 provided in the upper front door 213 and for a variety ofdevices located on a rear side of the upper front door 213 and inside ofthe housing of the kiosk terminal 200. The above-described openingmechanism of the upper front door 213 is advantageous in particular in acase where there are no spaces on right and left sides of the kioskterminal 200 (for example, a case where another kiosk terminal 200 andother apparatus are located in proximity on the right and the left sidesthereof, a case where a wall and other structure are present and thereis no special room, etc.).

For example, if hinges are provided on either of the right or left sidesof the upper front door 213 and an opening mechanism is therebyconfigured such that the upper front door 213 is laterally opened, inthe case where there is no spatial room on the right and left sides asdescribed above, the upper front door 213 cannot be opened. In addition,if hinges are provided at a lower end portion of the upper front door213 and an opening mechanism is thereby configured such that an upperend portion of the upper front door 213 is opened in a downwarddirection, the work such as the maintenance is made difficult.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the pulling-out of the middlefront door 214 shown in FIG. 10 and the opening of the upper front door213 in the upward direction shown in FIG. 13 can be concurrentlyperformed. The concurrent opening of the front doors as described aboveis performed, thereby allowing wider maintenance work areas to beensured and the maintenance work to be efficiently performed.

[Configuration of Cable Guide]

Next, with reference to FIG. 14, a configuration of a cable guide 219which is deformable will be described. The cable guide 219 isconstituted of a plurality of guide pieces 219 a which are hollowstructures formed of plastic or the like. Each of the guide pieces 219 ais provided with hole parts 219 b (on both right and left sides) on endportions, which are mutually rotatably fitted into end portions ofanother guide piece 219 a; and is provided with protruding parts 219 c(on both right and left sides), which are mutually rotatably fitted intohole parts 219 b on end portions of further another guide piece 219 a.

FIG. 14 (A) is a top view of each of the above-described guide pieces219 a, illustrating a view in which on the both right and left sides ofeach of the guide pieces 219 a, the hole parts 219 b and the protrudingparts 219 c are provided, respectively. In addition, each of the guidepieces 219 a has a hollow structure, and a cable 218 penetrates throughthe guide pieces 219 a as illustrated. FIG. 14 (A) is a side view ofeach of the above-described guide pieces 219 a, illustrating a view inwhich on the right side of each of the guide pieces 219 a, the hole part219 b and the protruding part 219 c are provided.

The cable guide 219 is formed by mutually fitting and coupling the holeparts 219 b and the protruding parts 219 c of the guide pieces 219 a.Through the above-described configuration, the cable guide 219 protectsthe cable 218 by penetrating the cable 218 through a hollow part thereofformed to be of a cylindrical shape. Further, by the hole parts 219 band the protruding parts 219 c of the guide pieces 219 a which arerotatably fitted, the cable guide 219 can be bent as a whole in adirection perpendicular to a rotation axis of the guide pieces 219 a. Asa result, the cable guide 219 becomes bendable, following the movementof a middle front door 214. In FIG. 14 (C), the cable guide 219 in whichthe cable guide 219 is coupled and configured is shown.

In addition, in a case where the hole parts 219 b of each of the guidepieces 219 a are formed to be laterally long holes or grooves and theprotruding parts 219 c are fitted thereinto, the respective guide pieces219 a becomes operable to move along said grooves in addition to theabove-mentioned rotation, and the cable guide 219 is formed as anextendable and contractible as well as deformable structure.

Next, with reference to FIG. 15, a position where the cable guide 219 islocated will be described. FIG. 15 is a perspective view in which akiosk terminal 200 is viewed from a front obliquely left upper directionof the kiosk terminal 200, illustrating a state in which the middlefront door 214 located below an upper front door 213 is pulled out in ananterior direction of the kiosk terminal 200 (a direction indicated byan arrow R1 shown in FIG. 3) and is detached. It is to be noted that inFIG. 15, in order to facilitate the description, the kiosk terminal 200with a side panel being detached is shown.

In this example, the cable guide 219 is located on a right side insideof a housing of the kiosk terminal 200. In addition, along each of theslide rails 214 e which extend from the middle front door 214 and eachof the rail guides 216 held (fitted into each of the slide rails 214 e)inside of the housing of the kiosk terminal 200, the cable guide 219 islocated thereinside.

In FIG. 15, in order to show the inside of the housing of the kioskterminal 200 so as to be easily seen, the state in which the middlefront door 214 is detached is shown. In a normal operation state,however, when the middle front door 214 is pulled out up to a maximumpulling-out position, the cable guide 219 is deformed in conjunctionwith the movement of the middle front door 214, whereby the cable guide219 follows the middle front door 214 and thereby protects the cable 218housed in the cable guide 219. In addition, in the case where the cableguide 219 is the extendable and contractible structure, when the middlefront door 214 is pulled out up to the maximum pulling-out position, inconjunction with the movement of the middle front door 214, said cableguide 219 extends toward the middle front door 214 and protects thecable 218.

It is to be noted that the kiosk terminal 200 shown in FIG. 15 is in astate in which un upper face of a lower front door 215 is exposed and akey hole 215 a located on the upper face of the lower front door 215 hasappeared.

Hereinabove, the embodiment of the present invention is described.

Conventionally, there has been known a gaming machine such as a slotmachine on which by betting a predetermined amount, a game is started;the rotation of a plurality of reels which have symbol arrays depictedon their peripheral surfaces is started; after the elapse of apredetermined time period, the rotation of the plurality of reels isstopped; and as an outcome thereof, based on a combination of symbolsdisplayed to a player, a prize is awarded.

As shown in U.S. Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.2010/0184511 Specification (Patent Literature 2), on a front face of ahousing of the above-described gaming machine, a door part having a gamedisplay screen and the like is provided, and this door part is supportedon a left end portion of the gaming machine by hinges or the like. In acase where maintenance for an inside of the gaming machine is performedor other case, the door part is opened (by rotating the door part fromthe right to the left in a horizontal direction) on a rotation axiswhich is constituted of the hinges (said rotation axis is configured tobe substantially vertical on a left end of the housing of the gamingmachine), thereby allowing the inside of the housing of the gamingmachine to be checked.

If an information terminal (including the above-described gamingmachine) for providing a user with predetermined information isconfigured to have the door part shown in Patent Literature 2 which isopened from the right to the left, in a case where the door part isopened for the maintenance or the like, in order to rotate said doorpart in the horizontal direction, it is required to ensure a certainextent of a space on a left side of the information terminal.

However, there is the situation where as to gaming machines andinformation terminals, said information terminals must be arranged in arow without providing no spaces on the right and left, and in theabove-mentioned situation, the door part cannot be opened (or cannot besufficiently opened), thereby causing difficulties in the maintenancework or the like.

In view of the above-described regard, an embodiment of the presentinvention has been made. An object thereof is to provide an informationterminal which includes a door part which is configured to be slid in ananterior direction of the information terminal and pulled out, does notinterfere with spaces on the right and left when said door part isopened, and facilitates the maintenance work.

The embodiment of the present invention provides an information terminaldescribed below.

The information terminal according to a fifth aspect of the presentinvention has the below-described configuration.

The information terminal (for example, a kiosk terminal 200) includes:

a front face part (for example, a middle front door 214);

a protruding part (for example, a control panel 214 b) protruding fromthe front face part; and

an input part (for example, a keyboard 209 and a numeric keypad 210)being placed on an upper part of the protruding part,

the front face part being arranged so as to be operable to be pulled outin an anterior direction (for example, slide rails 214 e held by themiddle front door 214 are operable to move along corresponding railguides 216 held in a housing of the kiosk terminal 200).

By employing the above-described configuration, even when the front facepart is slid and pulled out in the anterior direction and is opened, nointerference in spaces on the right and left occurs. Thus, when aninside of the housing of the information terminal is checked formaintenance or the like and work is performed, the inside of the housingcan be sufficiently exposed.

In the fifth aspect, the information terminal according to a sixthaspect of the present invention further has the below-describedconfiguration.

In the front face part, an opening part from which a predeterminedmedium is ejected (an opening part 214 g of a front panel 214 a isarranged such that a card insertion slot 205 of a card unit 230protrudes) is formed, and

Inside of the housing (for example, inside of the housing of the kioskterminal 200), a medium holding part (for example, a card unit 230)including a stacker (for example, a card stacker 230 a) being connectedto the opening part and being operable to hold a plurality of the media(for example, IC cards) is arranged.

By employing the above-described configuration, the front face part ispulled out in a state in which the medium holding part is exposed. Thus,maintenance work such as replenishment of the media into the stacker ofthe medium holding part is facilitated.

In the sixth aspect, the information terminal according to a seventhaspect of the present invention further has the below-describedconfiguration.

a distance at which the front face part is pulled out in the anteriordirection is configured to be longer than a depth length of the mediumholding part.

By employing the above-described configuration, the front face part ispulled out until the medium holding part is set in a state in which themedium holding part is sufficiently exposed. Thus, in the maintenancework such as the replenishment of the media into the stacker of themedium holding part, surrounding spaces can be ensured, and saidmaintenance work can be facilitated.

In the fifth aspect, the information terminal according to an eighthaspect of the present invention further has the below-describedconfiguration.

The input part is connected by cables (for example, cables 218) to acontrol part main body (for example, a control part main body 261)located inside of the housing, and

when the front face part is pulled out in the anterior direction, eachof the cables is housed in a cable guide (for example, a cable guide219) which is deformed in conjunction with the pulling-out movement.

By employing the above-described configuration, even when there is themovement caused by the pulling-out of the front face part, each of thecables connecting the input part and the control part main body isprotected by the cable guide. Thus, said cables can be prevented frombeing damaged, the damage caused by the movement by the pulling-out ofthe front face part.

In the fifth aspect, the information terminal according to a ninthaspect of the present invention further has the below-describedconfiguration.

The information terminal further includes an upper side front face part(for example, an upper front door 213) located on an upper side of thefront face part,

the upper side front face part is supported by hinges in an upper endportion of the upper side front face part in the housing, and

when the front face part is pulled out, a lower end portion of the upperside front face part is configured to be operable to flap up in anupward direction (for example, by connecting, at respective upper sideright and left side parts of the upper front door 213, the lower endportion by dampers 217 to corresponding right and left side parts of thehousing of the kiosk terminal 200).

By employing the above-described configuration, only when the front facepart is pulled out, the upper side front face part is opened. Thus, thefront face part is located in a normal position, whereby the opening ofthe upper side front face part is locked, the front face part itselfbecomes one key to open the upper side front face part, and a highersecurity level is realized.

In the fifth aspect, the information terminal according to a tenthaspect further has the below-described configuration.

The information terminal further includes a lower front face part (forexample, a lower front door 215) located below the front face part,

on an upper end of the lower front face part (for example, an upper faceof the lower front door 215), a key hole (for example, a key hole 215 a)into which a key for detaching the lower front face part is inserted islocated, and

the key hole is configured to be exposed when the front face part ispulled out.

By employing the above-described configuration, only when the front facepart is pulled out, the key hole of the lower front face part isexposed. Thus, the front face part is located in the normal position,whereby the key hole of the lower front face part is closed, the frontface part itself becomes one key to open the lower front face part, anda higher security level is realized.

By employing the configuration of the information terminal according tothe embodiment of the present invention, the door part is slid andpulled out in the anterior direction, and when said door part is opened,no interference in spaces on the right and left occurs. Thus, when aninside of the housing of the information terminal is checked formaintenance or the like and work is performed, the inside of the housingcan be sufficiently exposed.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

-   -   200 kiosk terminal    -   206 bezel    -   213 upper front door    -   214 middle front door    -   215 lower front door    -   219 cable guide    -   238 ticket printer    -   240 paper sheet processing device

1. An information terminal, comprising: a housing; a first access panelthat is mounted to the housing in a manner that permits the access panelto be withdrawn from the housing, to permit access to an interior regionwithin the housing, while remaining mounted to the housing; a controlpanel protruding from the first access panel and having a data-inputmechanism located on an upper part of the control panel; and a secondaccess panel that is mounted to the housing, below the first accesspanel, in a manner that permits the second access panel to be withdrawnfrom the housing so as to permit access to the interior region withinthe housing; the second access panel having a first locking mechanism bymeans of which the second access panel can be secured to the housing anda first locking-mechanism access point by means of which the firstlocking mechanism can be locked and unlocked, the firstlocking-mechanism access point being located on an upper portion of thesecond access panel; wherein the first and second access panels arecooperatively positioned and configured such that access to the firstlocking-mechanism access point is blocked by the first access paneluntil the first access panel is pulled away from the housing.
 2. Theinformation terminal according to claim 1, wherein the firstlocking-mechanism access point comprises a keyhole.
 3. The informationterminal according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the upperportion of the second access panel is covered by the first access panelwhen the first access panel is in a non-withdrawn state.
 4. Theinformation terminal according to claim 1, wherein the first accesspanel includes a second locking mechanism by means of which the firstaccess panel can be secured to the housing and a secondlocking-mechanism access point by means of which the second lockingmechanism can be locked and unlocked.
 5. The information terminalaccording to claim 4, wherein the second locking-mechanism access pointcomprises a keyhole.
 6. The information terminal according to claim 1,wherein the first access panel includes a second locking mechanism bymeans of which the first access panel can be secured to the housing anda second locking-mechanism access point by means of which the secondlocking mechanism can be locked and unlocked; the firstlocking-mechanism access point comprises a first keyhole; the secondlocking-mechanism access point comprises a second keyhole; and the firstand second keyholes are configured to accept and unlock the respectivelocking mechanisms by means of different keys.
 7. The informationterminal of claim 1, wherein the first and second access panels aremounted to the housing by means of respective mounting structures, whichmounting structures are configured to allow the first and second accesspanels to be withdrawn from the housing in an anterior direction withoutlateral components of movement.